Former Pakistani Taliban deputy chief and key commander mysteriously murdered in Afghanistan

[Rafi]

Tigers in the night, stalk their hapless prey, ring the dinner bell times up, you gotta pay.

 

[YeBeWarned]

2 roaches less in this world ..

 

[JonAsad]

Eshan ullah ratted them out and gained his freedom..

 

[Maarkhoor]

@Maarkhoor

 

[Rafi]

Black ops, "I love the taste of, fried takfiri in the morning".

 

[Gripen9]

Black ops, "I love the taste of, fried takfiri in the morning".

Napalmed takfiri would be better

 

[TsAr]

Gone with the wind......

 

[Pakistani E]

Good job. Hope it continues.

 

[WebMaster]

All evil must rot sooner or later.

 

[Flight of falcon]

Haha it’s the worst punishment to let him run and everyone from Taliban and army chasing him:... after all he turned his buddies and inbred killers in to the army.....

 

[Dalit]

No doubt we will avenge our fallen. Whether today or tomorrow.

 

[ghazi52]

Key TTP commander killed in Afghanistan: report

AFP
February 8, 2020

PESHAWAR: A key commander of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has been killed in exchange of fire with Afghan security forces, the militant group confirmed on Saturday.

In a statement published by the SITE monitoring group Friday, the TTP said Sheikh Khalid Haqqani, who served on the group’s consultative council and had been a deputy leader, had been killed January 31.

"Haqqani [was killed] while fighting with slaves of the United States", the TTP said.

Haqqani’s close confidant Qari Saifullah Peshawari was also killed in the clash that took place inside Afghanistan during a "mission", a senior Taliban leader told AFP.

Afghan security forces declined to comment, and it was not immediately clear what type of mission Haqqani may have been on.

Haqqani was not thought to be related to the Haqqani network, which is also affiliated to the Afghan Taliban.

"Haqqani, also a writer of several books on different topics, was known for giving a befitting reply to so-called torch-bearers of democracy," the TTP said in its statement.

The "TTP resolves to carry forward the mission of Khalid Haqqani ... we have been taking revenge for [killing] of our comrades in the past and we will avenge those [killings]," the group added.

Pakistan has been battling a homegrown militants insurgency for over a decade, with thousands of civilians and security personnel embracing martyrdom in extremist attacks, especially after the TTP began their campaign of violence in 2007.

Analysts have credited the fall to military offensives against the Taliban in the tribal areas of North Waziristan and Khyber where they were headquartered, as well as operations in the country’s largest city of Karachi.

 

[waz]

By Secunder Kermani & Sami Yousafzai & Ishtiaq MehsudBBC News
Kabul Taliban: Spies, militants and a mysterious assassination

• 07 February 2020
  
• Asia

Image captionTwo men killed in Afghanistan were senior Pakistani Taliban

The fatal shooting of two men in the heart of the Afghan capital Kabul - a city unfortunately used to violence - went almost unnoticed.

But then, the dead men had hoped to go unnoticed: according to one source, they were both carrying fake IDs.

Exactly what they were doing in Kabul, and who killed them, remains a mystery that touches upon the murky links between security services and extremist groups in the region.

Who they really were, at least, has become clear. According to sources in Pakistani intelligence and militant circles, the men were senior members of the Pakistani Taliban - a group that has killed hundreds of Pakistanis in suicide bombings and other attacks.

One of the dead men was Sheikh Khalid Haqqani, who held a key position in the Pakistani Taliban's leadership council, and formerly served as the group's deputy leader.

He had been accused of involvement in several high-profile attacks on Pakistani politicians and linked to one of the country's deadliest militant attacks, the 2014 assault on a school in Peshawar , which left more than 150 people - mainly children - dead.

The second man was Qari Saif Younis, a military commander within the group. In a statement on Thursday, the Pakistani Taliban confirmed the men's identities and their deaths but gave few other details.

According to one militant source, the men had been due to hold a secret "meeting" in Kabul, on the direct orders of the group's leadership, apparently travelling from the eastern Afghan province of Paktika.

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Image captionTheir bodies were found near the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul
The militant would not say who they were meeting. According to a source in Pakistani intelligence, the men's bodies were discovered in the vicinity of the high-end Intercontinental Hotel - the site of two deadly attacks in recent years.


The deaths occurred last week, but the source in the Pakistani Taliban said the group's leadership had initially ordered the news to be kept "secret", partly as they were rattled by the assassinations, and partly to avoid awkward questions about why the men were in the city.

It is highly unusual for senior members of the Pakistani Taliban to be travelling to Kabul. The group is an entirely separate entity from the Afghan Taliban, with different aims and different supporters. The Afghan Taliban have been fighting a long-running insurgency against the Afghan government, which is backed by US-led forces, while the Pakistani Taliban have focused their attacks inside Pakistan.

Pakistan has long been accused of sponsoring the Afghan Taliban, and providing them sanctuary within the country. It's alleged Afghan intelligence services developed links with the Pakistani Taliban in response.

The group, which has been severely weakened in recent years, is now based in the east of Afghanistan, in areas out of the control of the country's government.

Both countries deny supporting militant groups.

The statement from the Pakistani Taliban said the men were killed in a clash with American forces. The US has been holding discussions with the Afghan Taliban, aimed at bringing an end to the 18-year insurgency. Pakistan is believed to be key in helping persuade the group to reach a negotiated settlement.

The source within the group acknowledged it was also possible that gunmen or militants linked to Pakistani intelligence services were responsible.

They have in the past conducted other audacious assassinations, targeting figures wanted by Pakistan who were living in Afghanistan. For example, in December 2018 a suicide bombing in an upmarket district of the southern city of Kandahar killed a separatist Pakistani leader who had been living there in exile.

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Conversely, figures linked to the Afghan Taliban have previously been killed in Pakistan. In 2013, one alleged senior Afghan militant figure was shot dead in a bakery in Islamabad .

According to sources within the Pakistani Taliban, the bodies of the men killed in Kabul, Sheikh Khalid Haqqani and Qari Saif Younis, were handed over to the group, and a large funeral was held for them on Monday in their stronghold in eastern Kunar Province.

Of course, how the bodies ended up back in the hands of their militant group remains another part of the intrigue.

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Must have sent the ISI version of this;

Burn in hell.....

 

[Old School]

MSM is calling these two TTP parasites as Taliban without further clarifications. This is a clear sign of disinformation campaign to discredit the original Afghan Taliban who have been fighting for the independence of Afghanistan. General public outside Pakistan do not know the differences between these two distinct entities. Something must be done to foil this vicious disinformation campaign.